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  • Golden Lotus

    A Saga of Ambition, Murder and Lust in Medieval China (Unabridged Edition)

    by Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng ...
    Translated by Clement Egerton, Shu Qingchun ...
    "The greatest novel of physical love which China has produced." —Pearl S. BuckA saga of ruthless ambition, murder, and lust, The Golden Lotus (Jin Ping Mei) has been called the fifth Great Classical Novel in Chinese literature, joining the Four Great Classics: Journey to the West, The Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as The Story of the Stone), ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Golden Lotus Volume 2

    Jin Ping Mei

    by Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, Shu Qingchun ...
    Translated by Clement Egerton ...
    "The greatest novel of physical love which China has produced." —Pearl S. BuckA saga of ruthless ambition, murder, and, famously, Chinese erotica, The Golden Lotus (also known as The Plum in the Golden Vase) has been called the fifth Great Classical Novel in Chinese Literature and one of the Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel. Admired in its own time for its literary qualities and biting ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Golden Lotus Volume 1

    Jin Ping Mei

    by Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, Shu Qingchun ...
    Translated by Clement Egerton ...
    Series series Tuttle Classics
    "The greatest novel of physical love which China has produced." —Pearl S. BuckA saga of ruthless ambition, murder, and, famously, Chinese erotica, The Golden Lotus (also known as The Plum in the Golden Vase) has been called the fifth Great Classical Novel in Chinese Literature and one of the Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel. Admired in its own time for its literary qualities and biting ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    Volume One: The Gathering

    by David Tod Roy ...
    Series series Princeton Library of Asian Translations
    In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volume 2

    by Lo Kuan-Chung ...
    Translated by C.H. Brewitt-Taylor ...
    This epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death, forms part of the indelible core of classical Chinese culture and continues to fascinate modern-day readers.In 220 EC, the 400-year-old rule of the mighty Han dynasty came to an end and three kingdoms contested for control of China. Liu Pei, the legitimate heir to the Han throne, elects to fight for his ... Read more

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  • The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry

    From Ancient to Contemporary, The Full 3000-Year Tradition

    Edited by Tony Barnstone, Chou Ping ...
    Unmatched in scope and literary quality, this landmark anthology spans three thousand years, bringing together more than six hundred poems by more than one hundred thirty poets, in translations–many new and exclusive to the book–by an array of distinguished translators.Here is the grand sweep of Chinese poetry, from the Book of Songs–ancient folk songs said to have been collected by Confucius ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

  • Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

    The classic collection of eerie and fantastic Chinese stories of the supernatural

    by Pu Songling ...
    Translated by Herbert A. Giles ...
    Long considered a masterpiece of the eerie and fantastic, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of supernatural-themed tales compiled from ancient Chinese folk stories by Songling Pu in the eighteenth century.These tales of ghosts, magic, vampirism, and other things bizarre and fantastic are an excellent Chinese companion to Lafcadio Hearn's well-known collections of Japanese ghost ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Classics in Chinese Philosophy

    From Mo Tzu to Mao Tse-Tung

    by Wade Baskin ...
    During the last century China has undergone more change than during any other period in its long and turbulent history. Roughly a quarter of the world's population has been directly affected by the radical transformation that culminated in the establishment of the present Communist state—one which claims to have translated into reality the Confucian ideal of securing the equality of all men. In ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Recollections of West Hunan

    by Shen Congwen ...
    Recollections of Western Hunan is a collection of the letters and essays of Chinese novelist Shen Congwen. Describing his childhood and life in Western Hunan between 1902 and 1937, this collection paints a vivid picture of both the idyllic beauty and turmoil of life in a province once known as the “bandit area,” a countryside shrouded in mystery, mysticism, and chaos. ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Taste of Hanshan (Cold Mountain)

    by Alexander Goldstein ...
    Tian-tai Mountains are famous for their well-known reputation as a residence of saints and immortals. From ancient times adepts engaged in Chinese Buddhism and Daoism all longed for coming to Tian-tai. Richly endowed by nature, the mountain beauty spots produced unique harmonious culture, the striking prototypes of which were vagabond-poets Han Shan (Japanese "Kanzan") and Shi De (Jittoku). Once ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volume 1

    by Lo Kuan-Chung ...
    Translated by C.H. Brewitt-Taylor ...
    This epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death forms part of the indelible core of classical Chinese culture and continues to fascinate modern-day readers.In 220 EC, the 400-year-old rule of the mighty Han dynasty came to an end and three kingdoms contested for control of China. Liu Pei, the legitimate heir to the Han throne, elects to fight for his ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Water Margin

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    by Shi Naian ...
    Translated by J.H. Jackson ...
    Based upon the historical bandit Song Jiang and his companions, The Water Margin is an epic tale of rebellion against tyranny that will remind Western readers of the English classic Robin Hood and His Merry Men.This edition of the classic J. H. Jackson translation brings a story that has been inspiring readers for hundreds of years to life for modern audiences. It features a new preface and ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

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